Wayne Atkinson

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January 15, 2024

Following the Voice failure, Indigenous politicians are calling for the UN’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to be implemented. What is it and what would it mean?

Wayne Atkinson, The University of Melbourne and Kevin Bell, Monash University

In the aftermath of a disappointing Voice referendum, Indigenous politicians are looking to the United Nations Declaration for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as a potential way forward.

Members of the Yoorrook Justice Commission. Provided by Porter Novelli

March 25, 2022

First Peoples in Victoria have a right to the truth about the impact of colonisation

Kevin Bell, Monash University; Eleanor Bourke, Indigenous Knowledge; Maggie Walter, University of Tasmania; Sue-Anne Hunter, Indigenous Knowledge, and Wayne Atkinson, The University of Melbourne

Formal hearings of the Yoorrook Justice Commission have begun in Melbourne. This is the first Indigenous-led justice commission of this kind in the world.

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November 5, 2021

From dispossession to massacres, the Yoo‑rrook Justice Commission sets a new standard for truth‑telling

Maggie Walter, University of Tasmania; Eleanor Bourke, Indigenous Knowledge; Kevin Bell, Monash University; Sue-Anne Hunter, Indigenous Knowledge, and Wayne Atkinson, The University of Melbourne

The Yoo-rrook Justice Commission is a royal commission seeking truth-telling on the historical and contemporary injustices experienced by First Nations peoples in Victoria.

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Following the Voice failure, Indigenous politicians are calling for the UN’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to be implemented. What is it and what would it mean?

First Peoples in Victoria have a right to the truth about the impact of colonisation

From dispossession to massacres, the Yoo‑rrook Justice Commission sets a new standard for truth‑telling

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